Author: Gratianne Quade

The first face-to-face meeting of the Mercator Ocean International (MOI) Data Assimilation Expert Team took place in Toulouse on April 16th to the 17th. It is an annual meeting that brings together MOI shareholders and interested parties to discuss evolutions…

This week, March 25th through 28th, 2019 the first international AtlantOS Symposium is taking place in Paris. It is a high-level symposium that celebrates the success of the Horizon 2020 (H2020) EU Research and Innovation Action AtlantOS, and simultaneously marks…

“So??? It’s hot?” Authors: Romain Bourdallé-Badie, Eric Greiner, Clotilde Dubois, Fabrice Hernandez, Véronique Landes, Fabrice Messal. Every summer on the French seaside, the temperature of the water at the beach is one of the most important topics of discussion. With…

At the end of the GEO Blue Planet Symposium plenary on 4 July, Glenn Nolan, EuroGOOS Secretary General, awarded the 2018 Kostas Nittis Medal to Florent Gasparin. The Medal is awarded yearly by the EuroGOOS Executive Directors Board to a…

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and Mercator Ocean have combined their expertise to launch the WEkEO Copernicus Data and Information Access Service (www.wekeo.eu). WEkEO was launched…

From May 9th to 19th, Toulouse Métropole is offering a series of events throughout the Toulouse metropolitan area in celebration of Europe Week, May 9th being Europe Day. Cité de l’Espace will participate by promoting European space programs though their…

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